SMITH, Edward Delafield, lawyer, born in Rochester, New York, 8 May, 1826; died in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 13 April, 1878. He was graduated at the University of the city of New York in 1846, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and practised in New York city. He was United States district attorney for the southern district of New York in 1861-'5, returned to practice in the latter year, and from 1871 till 1875 was corporation counsel of New York city. He was an active member of the Republican party, and a member of the law committee of the University of the city of New York. Among his many cases of importance was that of the People against Nathaniel Gordon, master of the slave-ship "Erie," whom he brought to the scaffold in 1862, and that against John Andrews, a leader of the draft, riots in New York city in 1863. At the time of his death he was attorney of record in the Eliza B. Jumel estate ease. Mr. Smith also attained success in private practice, and was widely known for his legal ability. He published" Avidae." a poem (New York, 1843) ; "Destiny," a poem (1846) ; "Oratory," a poem (1846) ; "Reports of Cases in the New York Court of Common Pleas" (4 vols, , 18,50-'9); and "Addresses to Juries in Slave-Trade Trials "(1861).